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(No Model.)

R. H. BOWLING.

GAR COUPLING.

Patented July 18,1882.

II. 1* 1! If I WITNESSES [NVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. BOWLING, F NEWARK, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 7 CHARLES H. FOLLETT, OF sAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,438, dated July 18, 1882. Application filed May 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. DOWLING, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Newark,in the countyofLickingand State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Oar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and opera-' tion of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a vertical sectionalview of my car-coupling. Fig. 2 is a horizontal view, in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is afront view, partlyin'section.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the link.

This invention has relation to car-couplings; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the draw-head having the lateral side slot, the pivoted swinging couplinglink, the automatic coupling-pin, and the pivoted link-guide, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

Referring byletter to the accompanying drawings, VA designates a car of any ordinary construction.

B designates the draw-head, secured thereto in the usual manner. This draw-head B differs from others'in construction in this, that it has a lateral slot, 0, in one side, extending from thejaw to-near the rear wall of thesame, and has a recess, D, in its lower wall, to receive a guiding-lever, F, journaled in the side walls of the same, as shown. A link, F, having an enlarged head, G, perforated to receive a permanent pin, H, which is passed down through the horizontal walls of the draw-head and secured in place by a nut, 00, is introduced into the draw-head, and may be employed to connect two cars, or it may be turned aside through the lateral slot, so as to be out of the way of a corresponding or other link in the draw-head of another car.

The link in my construction of car-coupling is secured, so that there is no danger of it becoming lost, and when it is not needed for coupling it can be turned out of the way, and will not interferewith the coupling-link of another draw-head.

-My link-guide or guiding-lever E is journaled in the side walls of the draw-head, and a convenient handle, I, extends from one side thereof, by which the link itself can be guided to the draw-head of the car with which I wish to couple. In connection with these features I employ an automatic coupling-pin, K, which passes down through recesses L L in a vertical line in the draw-head, andwhich is provided near its lower end with a cross-pin, M, which isinserted after its introduction into the drawhead, and which prevents its withdrawal afterward, owing to the fact that the recess L only incases the cross-pin and will not permit its entire removal therethrough. This couplingpin K is connected by a perforated angle-arm, N, to an arm, 0, leading from a rock-shaft, P, which traverses .the end of the car from side to side, and is provided with an operatingcrank at each end. The arm 0 is also connected, by chain or otherwise, to the'top of the ,car, so that the coupling-pin may be operated either from the top or the sides of the car.

By my construction there is no danger of losing the coupling links or pins, and the attendant does not need to go between the cars to couple or unconple them.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car-coupling, a draw-head having a lateralslot in which apermanently-pivoted link works, in combination with a link-guide journaledin the side walls of the draw-head, a recess, D, in the bottom wall thereof, and apermanently-pivoted link,.F, having an enlarged slotted head, substantially as specified.

2. In a car-coupling, a draw-head having a lateral side slot, in combination with a linkguide journaled therein and adapted to fit a recess in the lower wall of the draw-head, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

A. P. TAYLOR, GHAs. FOLLETT. 

